The plagiarizing Colombia-British judge prompts new trial

Colombia-British woman who has been attributed to millions of dollars to help care for his son, brain damage will have to return to court to try to get the money because in the trial, the judge has plagiarized most of his decisiona superior court.

Monica Cojocaru has received more than 5 million in April 2009 after successfully in the Colombia of British Columbia women's Hospital and its medical staff negligence at the birth of his son.

The child, Eric Cojocaru, was left with permanent brain damage after a birth complicated in 2001.

The Supreme Court of British Columbia Colombia Justice Joel Groves used more than 100 pages to expose its decision, including the criticism of three doctors involved in the birth, Groves said had not properly informed of the mother of potential risks to the child.

However, two of the three judges on a panel of the Court of appeal of British Columbia decided Thursday that Groves copied, nearly Word for Word, most of its decision.

The Group found more than 300 368 paragraphs were almost identical to the comments made by counsel for the family Cojocaru.

In its decision, the Court of appeal stated reasons for judgment groves can be considered its own, does not meet the standard of public responsibility and do not allow a meaningful review.

"A reasonable and informed observer could not be satisfied that the trial judge considered all the evidence before him and made the appropriate conclusions," the Panel wrote.

The Court of Appeal ordered a new trial.

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Goldstone Panel colleagues refute judge mea culpa - HA' Ha'aretz

PARIS - two weeks after Judge Richard Goldstone apparently key elements of its UN fact finding mission report on Gaza, the other three run in members of his team a statement, by him you distort facts to the doubts about the report published.

Pakistani human rights lawyer Hina Jilani, London School of economics professor Christine Chinkin, and former Irish peace-keeper Desmond Travers indicated that Goldstone's turnaround was the result of an intense political pressure. The three stressed that they remained firm behind the report war crimes accused Israel during operation cast lead.

The statement from the three was sent to the newspaper the guardian, which published on its website yesterday morning.

The Goldstone report is rejected its conclusions since the object of fierce controversy and the Israeli Government vigorously. The United States has rejected the report, calling it flawed and one-sided.

The three mentioned Goldstone not actually by name directly in their statement, but can be no doubt, their goal.

An op-ed in which on 1 April potential war crimes committed withdraw a central principle of his report to the 2008-2009 Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, Israel Washington Post by targeted civilian Palestinians in the conflict three weeks published Goldstone.

Goldstone said that evidence had since come to light due to a subsequent Israeli military studies in the conflict showed that Israel had aligned not civilians as a matter of policy.

He that he had known then, wrote, would have "the Goldstone report a different document."

In reply, that others wrote three members, that "cast aspersions cast on the results of the report... can not links are unchallenged," say some have "misinterpreted facts in an attempt, the results of military targets and cast doubt on his credibility."

Jilani confirmed to the associated press that she and her colleagues agree, could latest review with Goldstone's even in a telephone interview that they now see not all matter in the public domain, that deserves a rethink on the findings of the report.

Yigal Palmor, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, said that the Israeli position on the Goldstone document remains the same.

"The whole process deep was corrupted by political bias and an extremist domination of the UN Human Rights Commission of non-democratic countries", he said, and added that the Israelis are newspaper articles in training the impact of Goldstone's.

"We are trying what steps to minimize the unjust damage caused by the original report are possible," he said.

The guardian said refutation ""calls to reconsider or even the withdrawal the report as attempts, misrepresentation of their nature and purpose, the rights of victims, Palestinians and Israelis, truth and justice ignore.

The statement addressed also "personal attacks and the exceptional pressure on members of the fact-finding mission, placed" a seemingly thinly veiled reference to pressure and criticism from many in Israel and the Jewish world of Goldstone, South African Jew and that self-described Zionist.

"We pressure from any quarter yielded had to disinfect our conclusions, we would do a grave injustice, the hundreds of innocent civilians killed during the Gaza conflict, injured thousands and the hundreds of thousands whose lives continue to deeply by the conflict and the blockade be affected" the three wrote.

A central part of Goldstone's op-ed was a final report by American judge Mary McGowen Davis, noting that Israel measures taken had to investigate allegations of misconduct during Hamas not had.

The other three members of the Panel wrote that 400 investigations, submitted only three for law enforcement and led only two low penalties.

"The mechanisms used by the Israeli authorities, to investigate the events are not sufficient for the facts and legal responsibility really determine subsequent prove," she wrote.

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Judge Anthony at scolds lawyers

Senior judge Belvin Perry lawyers: "I have had enough of the back and forth between the two of you." "Enough is enough, people," judge Berry said the contentious LawyersLawyers disputed what scientific evidence at the trial faces of Casey Anthony may paid capital murder in the death of her daughter ""

Orlando, Florida (CNN) --ermahnt in a rare display of courtroom Irishman, which usually judges gekielt in Casey Anthony case lawyers for both sides to lower their voices and more professional behavior.

"People, enough is enough," Chief Judge Belvin Perry Jr. said the contentious lawyers. "I have had enough of the back and forth between the two of you."

He threatened they load $100- and it to United way-a further breach of courtroom decorum donations.

"I have no hearing problems-still," he said. "I hear normal vote." And I search some level of professionalism. "I find not loud shouting."

He urged them, their editorial opinions to themselves, not to another interrupt and get, if you make to keep no objection.

"Experienced trial lawyers, are you to," said Perry. "This is not the two of you is first rodeo." You were in court, and enough is enough. "So, if you it I will again, do what I need to do."

Attorney Jose Baez Perry's comments came after Defense and Deputy Attorney Jeff Ashton fought over which murder trial may be scientific evidence at Anthony's.

A capital is facing Anthony, 25, murder charge in the death of her 2-year-old, Caylee's daughter. The girl was in July 2008, missing coverage and investigators found her body after five months of the search.

The Defense has tried, get some expert scientific testimony excluded, such as an expert opinion claim, the chloroform in the carpet and air samples from the trunk, it was found that Anthony drove, before her daughter disappeared.

The public prosecutor's Office claims that Anthony used "a substance" to kill her daughter. Chloroform is a substance that can be fatal.

Anthony's mother, Cindy also testified Friday, Anthony, of the smell of the tribe who said her daughter car that Roch they like a corpse. The defense said that the smell of garbage in the trunk could have emanated.

Jury is selection begin May 9.die session Jean Casarez and Nancy Leung contributed to this report

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